In 1997 two evangelical grad students dropped a paper basically saying:
“Guys… the Mormons are actually doing real scholarship. PhDs. Dead Sea Scrolls. Chiasmus. They’re answering our arguments… and we’re still out here recycling the same three talking points from 1982. We are losing the battle and we don’t even know it.”
Nearly 30 years later and some folks are still fighting the 1982 version.
Respect for the honesty though. 😂